Human Wellness: Pandemic and Beyond Wellness Design to Build Environment by Luke Leung (SOM) Monday, April 26, 2021 @00:00 JST SUMMARY: In 2019, United Nation World Health Organization (WHO) categorized health threats that can derail humans and a pandemic was number 3 on the list.  When COVID-19 hit us in early 2020, we saw it […]

Learning from Japanese traditional villages: Reflecting ecological knowledge on architecture utilizing simulation by Norihisa KAWASHIMA (Meiji University) Monday, April 26, 2021 @19:00 JST SUMMARY: Norihisa Kawashima will show researches and local practices in Japan to learn ecological knowledge from traditional Japanese villages and conventional architectural typologies through environmental analysis using computational simulation, and showed that […]

Delivering the Value of BIM to Owners with a Digital Twin by Marcus Kim (Autodesk) Saturday, May 15, 2021 @10:00 JST SUMMARY: Digital Twin is the trending topic in the AEC industry today. Like BIM during the early days, digital twin is a revolutionary idea that is often spoken but not truly understood. At its […]

The Design of the Burj Khalifa by William F. Baker (SOM) Saturday, May 29, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: The Speaker for this lecture is William F. Baker, Structural Engineering Design Partner for the architectural engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, who was the structural engineer for Burj Khalifa, currently […]

An informal discussion to inspire, imagine, and think together the future of our cities and the way we live: Towers all Around Me Saturday, June 12, 2021 @18:00 - 19:30JST EVENT DESCRIPTION: Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai, Dubai…. Modern cities grow towards the sky to create more space, more landmarks, and more density. […]

Collective Identity | Singular Curiosity: Three Years, Six Projects by COLIN KOOP (SOM) Saturday, JUNE 19, 2021 @10:00 JST SUMMARY: —- ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Colin Koop, a Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP Colin Koop is a design partner in SOM’s New York office. Throughout his 18 years at the firm, Koop has […]

Tokyo the Story Behind by George Kunihiro, FAIA Saturday, June 26, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Focus of the presentation will be on the chronology and the critical issues which affected the Japan’s involvement… ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Ar. George Kunihiro, FAIA (Kokushikan University / Professor) George Kunihiro, FAIA, is a noted […]

ONLINE EVENT: Reverence for Nature, Passion for Precision: What can we learn from Japan's mechanical doll making tradition? by JAMES LAMBIASI, AIA FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021 @ 19:00 JST (18:30 TO 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: It is a pleasure to be invited to be a presenter for AIA Japan's informal discussion series. As our discussion topic, […]

NCARB & You: Practicing architecture in the U.S. by AIA Japan EP committee & NCARB WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 @ 19:00 JST (18:30 TO 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: AIA Japan and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) invite you to a live webinar on the process of obtaining a license to practice architecture […]

online lecture: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion by Geeta Mehta (Asia Initiatives) Saturday, August 28, 2021 @10:00 JST (09:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Since architecture and urban design are social acts, she believes that they must have a social purpose. However, the current model of hyper-capitalism is forcing developers and architects to create buildings only […]

Online EVENT: Asahi shuzo virtual tour: One of the World`s Largest Sake Brewery Architecture Tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo Kazuhiro Sakurai & Jun Mitsui SUMMARY: One of the world's largest sake brewery virtual tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo. Kazuhiro Sakurai will provide a live architectural tour of the brewery building and the design […]

PRODUCT TO PLANET by Leon Rost, AIA (BIG) Thursday, September 16, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: From hand-held product to a city-building scale, Leon demonstrates how wood can be an integral aspect of a concept design, and carry through into execution. Google projects in California and London deploy mass timber as […]